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Make Skyrim Play Like Real Life with Realism Mods

Skyrim is a fantasy world of magical lore and devastating mythical
beasts -- but that doesn't mean it can't be realistic. For
gamers who prefer their adventures as believable as possible,
I've gathered up a collection of awesome mods that make Skyrim feel a
little more like reality, including true-to-life physics, making eating
chicken and naptime relevant, and a reason to close your bedroom door
tightly while changing clothes, away from Lydia's peeping eyes.

While flinging a hapless soul to his death off a cliff with an arrow is
dramatic and amusing, the way force works in Skyrim sometimes feels
comical. Realistic Ragdolls and Force not
only adds realism to how
arrows and attacks affect bodies, it also changes the ragdoll effect of
humanoids and creatures to bring them more in line with what you'd
expect a real body to do when smashed to a pulp by your friendly
neighborhood giant.

I never get tired of watching people fall down. This could be a problem.

A dash of Moon Sugar, sprig of Nightshade, and bunch of Jazbay Grapes,
and you're on the way to feeding your illicit Skooma habits. Powerful
and Craftable Skooma lets any Dovahkiin create the
stamina-boosting
Skooma (or it's ugly uncle Double-Distilled Skooma) at a cooking pot.
Beware though: This mod also adds a drugged-up side effect to Skooma,
borrowed from Sleeping Tree Sap, that can make your battles against mud
crabs much harder then they need to be.

Pulling up the GPS-style Skyrim map is a bit of technological trickery
that doesn't jive with Skyrim's fantasy look and feel. Kellpossible
thought so as well, and so created an Equipable Map which can be
crafted from three leathers. The map itself looks lovely, and I'm
looking forward to the future features in the works, including
different maps scattered throughout the game and sold at city general
stores, with higher-quality versions being available at a higher cost.

My Skyrim character went without sleep for weeks, and only ate food
when she had four hitpoints left -- at which point I'd ram 40
cheesewheels down her gullet. There's a lot of room for increased
realism here, and Filling food and Restful Sleep
steps up to add it.
This mod makes both rest and grub vital to regenerating your health.
Food types matter as well, (for example, you'll need protein and cheese
for your brain/magicka) so you'll learn to enjoy a specific diet. Mine
will still mostly be sweet rolls.

We're
talking about realism here, so we have to address the question of
what really
happens when you take
off your pants? Natural Nudes, and its male
counterpart Better Males,
reveal the truth: naughty bits everywhere. Now you'll think
twice about
how much you want to loot that hideous Orc bandit's armor, knowing what
you'll see when you remove it, and you'll be able to streak naked down
the streets of Whiterun in all your glory. Merchants and guards
may pretend
not to notice, but we all
know what they saw. (This one obviously isn't for kids, but
then again,
neither is Skyrim. Or reality itself, for that matter.)

Spy Guy says: I wished
Skyrim had a built-in hardcore mode like Fallout: New Vegas, but it
looks like modders are on the job -- and they're off to a great start.
What other kinds of tweaks would you like to see to make
Skyrim adventures even more real?